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The unfolding of American labor law

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Title The unfolding of American labor law : judges, workers, and public policy across two political generations, 1790-1850 / Jeffrey Steven Kahana.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
Creation Date 2014
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content The influence of independence on American law -- Master and servant -- Regulating the employment relationship -- Conspiracy, associations, and the public interest -- Imperium in imperio -- The significance of Lemuel Shaw -- A world of freedom and associations -- Liability transformed -- The fellow servant rule -- The demise of the labor conspiracy doctrine -- The breakaway of American labor law.
Series Law and society : recent scholarship
Extent 1 online resource (386 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010713198605171
MARC RECORDS
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